Reading and Roaming
CHAGALL IN THE GARDEN Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota is celebrating Marc Chagall’s art and his depiction of flowers in it. Several areas of the outdoor gardens are planted in the French style, the conservatory has stained glass screen reproductions as backdrops for orchids, and Payne Mansion has a handful of some original Chagall paintings. …
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Here are notes on two beach reads, my thoughts on a difficult play, and a great restaurant find for birthdays or anniversaries. LEISURE READING Karen White’s Flight Patterns is an absorbing novel about family secrets and the tortured relationship between two sisters and a good candidate to take to the beach. Set in New Orleans and …
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GARDENS The greens are different in North Carolina and spring is softer than Florida. We were in Chapel Hill and Greensboro over the Easter weekend visiting my two sisters and their families. Lots of laughter, plenty of good food, and a chance to wander in several gardens. All the trees had leafed out, but the …
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The Sarasota Film Festival continued. We saw several more films, two very intense, painful to watch, and one that was disappointing. We then sampled the offerings at Beulah, another restaurant new to us. FLICS Clash. This Egyptian film covers one day and night in 2013 and a group of individuals involved in one of the many …
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